The start of the Ghost Recon Wildlands Closed Beta was rocky. Players report lags and graphics issues.
This afternoon was the Ghost Recon Wildlands Beta launch and players on Xbox One, PS4, and PC were finally able to create their Ghosts. However, for some players, the excitement was quickly dampened. There are issues with the performance of Wildlands. On various social channels, there are frequent reports of graphics issues, error messages, lags, and stuttering. The cause, however, is not always outdated systems – even the latest generation graphics cards are reaching their limits.
Ghost Recon Wildlands performance issues and troubleshooting
The problems with Ghost Recon Wildlands start for some players even before they can launch the game.
- An outdated DirectX version can be an issue that prevents the game from starting. For example, the error message “Your graphics card does not support DirectX 11 Features” appears. For some players, installing DirectX 11.1 helped resolve this problem.
- Other players complain about a black screen after the game started. If you have this issue and are playing on a system with multiple monitors, you might be able to use a trick. Since the game starts in fullscreen, a black screen may occur. To fix this, while the game is active, press ALT+Enter to switch to windowed mode.
- Stuck on the loading screen: After starting a new game, this error sometimes occurs and prevents the game from loading. To resolve this problem, you should exit the game and then verify the game files of Ghost Recon Wildlands in Uplay. You can do this by right-clicking on Wildlands in your Uplay library and clicking on verify files. If there are errors, you will subsequently download some data and should be able to start the game afterwards.
On Reddit there are frequent reports from players who, despite having good hardware, only achieve low FPS or experience constant stuttering. Apparently, the game is still not properly optimized for all systems. Ubisoft should still improve quite a bit on this.
How is the Closed Beta of Ghost Recon Wildlands running for you?
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